The is one of the largest industrial regions in Japan. Its name comes from the on-reading of the kanji used to abbreviate the names of Osaka (大阪) and Kobe (神戸), the two largest cities in the megalopolis. The GDP of this area (Osaka and Kobe) is $341 billion, one of the world's most productive regions.Which are the largest city economies in the world and how might this change by 2020? 2014 Osaka and Kobe's GDP per capita (PPP) was US$35,902.
Statistics Prefecture Ōsaka Prefecture Hyōgo Prefecture Capital Ōsaka Kōbe Establishments 24,822 11,300 Employees 530,407 359,850 goods shipments ¥15,961 billion ¥12,945 billion Value added ¥6,459 billion ¥4,808 billion (4-digit industrial subclassificationPreliminary Report on Census of Manufactures 2005 from Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Japan)
Main cities and industries Ōsaka Prefecture Osaka: medical, chemical, metal Facilities: Rohto Pharmaceutical Daiichi Sankyo Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Sumitomo Chemical Sumitomo Electric Industries Sharp Kansai Paint Kansai Electric Power Company Laboratories, research institutes: Rohto Pharmaceutical Shionogi Pharmaceutical Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Sumitomo Pharmaceutical Sumitomo Chemical
Sakai: chemical, metal Facilities:
ExxonMobil Showa Denko Ube Industries Nippon Oil Esso
Bayer (polyurethane) Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Mitsui ChemicalsMitsui Chemicals Mitsubishi MaterialsMitsubishi Materials Osaka Gas
Daikin Industries - Air conditioning and chemicals, especially fluorine; has major market share with DuPont.
Laboratories, research institutes: Showa Denko Sakai Chemical Industry (titanium dioxide, stabilizers & metallic soaps) Kyowa (medical)
Kadoma, Moriguchi, Daito: electronics Facilities: and research institutes: Matsushita Electric Industrial (Panasonic): the headquarters Sanyo: the headquarters Funai: the headquarters
Other cities in Osaka prefecture Facilities: Kinki Sharyo in Higashiōsaka (manufacturer of railroad vehicles) Sunstar in Takatsuki (manufacture and sales of oral care products): the headquarters Daihatsu in Ikeda (cars), the headquarters Nitto Denko - A chemical company, specializing in reverse osmosis membrane (a market shared with Dow Chemical Company)
Laboratories, research institutes: Nippon Shokubai in Suita (manufacture of catalyst) JT (Japan Tobacco) in Takatsuki (medical laboratory) Osaka Bioscience Institute in Suita (a national science research institute established by the Ministry of Science and Technology )
Hyōgo Prefecture Amagasaki: chemical, metal, electronics Facilities:
Sumitomo Metal Industries Mitsui Chemicals Matsushita Electric Industrial (Panasonic) - Plasma display
Asahi Glass Co. Sekisui Chemical
Mitsubishi Electric - Railroad traffic control system, electric power control system, air traffic control system, Doppler radar, communications satellite, Global Positioning System. Osaka Titanium Technologies - Titanium products (about 20% share of the world market)
Laboratories, research institutes: Bayer - Urethane, polyurethane raw materials Mitsubishi Electric - The largest laboratory of Mitsubishi Electric - Electric devices and electronics
Kobe: medical, electronics, heavy industries Facilities: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries - Shipbuilding, marine structures - container ships, submarines, research vessels and vehicles, nuclear reactors, satellites. Kawasaki Heavy Industries - Shipbuilding, marine structures, trains Kobe Steel Mitsubishi Electric Matsushita Electric Industrial (Panasonic) Komatsu (manufactures construction, mining, and military equipment)
Laboratories, research institutes: Bayer Kobe Research Center Eli Lilly and Company Boehringer Ingelheim Procter & Gamble: the East-Asian and Japanese headquarters. Kobe Steel Mitsubishi Electric RIKEN, a public corporation funded by the government; natural sciences research institute - Center for Developmental Biology. - Next-Generation Supercomputer Center (From 2010).
Other cities in Hyōgo Prefecture Facilities: Asahi Glass Co. in Takasago Caterpillar, Inc. in Akashi Fujitsu in Akashi Nippon Shokubai in Osaka and Hyogo: catalysts, especially acrylic acid (world share 15%) and super-absorbent polymers (world share 25%) Kawasaki Heavy Industries in Akashi: motorcycles Kobe Steel in Kakogawa, Takasago Nippon Steel in Himeji Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Takasago Mitsubishi Electric in Akashi Procter & Gamble in Akashi
Laboratories, research institutes: Kawasaki Heavy Industries in Akashi Kobe Steel in Kakogawa Sumitomo Chemical in Takarazuka Nippon Shokubai in Himeji: acrylic acid plant
See also Kansai Science City Keihanshin industrial region Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto
References
External links Mitsubishi Electric Locations Mitsubishi Electric Products Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Osaka (Sumitomo) Titanium technologies Co., Ltd